RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS BORN OUT OF THE GREAT POLITICAL CRISIS OF THE 1850S.
DISAGREEMENT OVER THE FATE OF SLAVERY WAS THE PRIME FORCE BEHIND THIS
CRISIS, BUT
a. EUROPEAN IMMIGRATION,
b. WESTWARD EXPANSION
C. INDUSTRIALIZATION
D. POLITICAL CORRUPTION
TROUBLED AMERICANS.
TWO MAJOR PARTIES:
DEMOCRATS
WHIGS
SEEMED UNABLE TO DEAL WITH THESE NEW CHALLENGES.
BY THE EARLY 1850S, A NEW, COHESIVE POLITICAL PARTY WAS EMERGING THAT HAD
A REGIONAL BASIS IN THE NORTH.
FIRST REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS HELD IN PHILADELPHI IN 1856.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION :
NOMINATED: JOHN FREMONT - PRES.
WILLIAM DAYTON – V.P.
ABRAHAM FINISHED 2ND IN THE
BALLOTING FOR THE V.P.
PARTY PLATFORM - FOCUSED ON PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF SLAVERY IN THE
WESTERN TERRITORIES.
USED THE WILMOT PROVISIO THAT HAD URGED THAT SLAVERY BE PROHIBITED
FROM ANY TERRITORY ACQUIRED AS A RESULT OF THE MEXICAN WAR. N
THIS WAS NEVER PASSED INTO LAW BUT WAS THE BASIS OF THE REPUBLICAN
MOVEMENT.
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION OF 1856